But that’s the point, your game is not on your disk! Your game is downloaded after you insert your disk. You can’t do it without an account. When they decide to take away your digital renting agreement, or when they decide to not support your game anymore, your disk becomes a piece of plastic that you can’t do shit about. You don’t own a game, you own a piece of plastic that has some private downloader on it.
Y’all talking like we’re in 1998 and the game can fit on a disk leaving room for developer’s commentary.
your game is not on your disk! Your game is downloaded after you insert your disk.
I have seen this being mentioned a few times. I wonder what those games are, or whether people are exaggerating for hyperbole.
I own physical copies of PS5 exclusives that I play without signing in to PSN. Most recently, I played the director’s cut of Ghost of Tsushima this way. I used to do the same on my PS4 too.
Yeah at this point the disc is basically a license key. If they pull that game from the servers you’re SOL anyway. This ending of discs is largely representative of the situation which has already existed for a while.
The benefit isn’t the physical disk, it’s the ownership of the game. They can and do take away digital purchases, they cannot take away your disk.
But that’s the point, your game is not on your disk! Your game is downloaded after you insert your disk. You can’t do it without an account. When they decide to take away your digital renting agreement, or when they decide to not support your game anymore, your disk becomes a piece of plastic that you can’t do shit about. You don’t own a game, you own a piece of plastic that has some private downloader on it.
Y’all talking like we’re in 1998 and the game can fit on a disk leaving room for developer’s commentary.
I have seen this being mentioned a few times. I wonder what those games are, or whether people are exaggerating for hyperbole.
I own physical copies of PS5 exclusives that I play without signing in to PSN. Most recently, I played the director’s cut of Ghost of Tsushima this way. I used to do the same on my PS4 too.
Yeah at this point the disc is basically a license key. If they pull that game from the servers you’re SOL anyway. This ending of discs is largely representative of the situation which has already existed for a while.